Tom Brokaw says he's optimistic: The news of Tom Brokaw's diagnosis with cancer has prompted waves of support and concern, since it was revealed yesterday that Brokaw had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer affecting blood cells in bone marrow. The 74-year-old NBC News veteran issued a statement Tuesday, which can be found on the NBC News website. Brokaw's statement reads:

“With the exceptional support of my
family, medical team and friends, I am very optimistic about the future
and look forward to continuing my life, my work and adventures still to
come.”

“I remain the luckiest guy I know.”

“I am very grateful for the interest in my condition but I also hope everyone understands I wish to keep this a private matter.”

Brokaw has stayed busy as he has been receiving treatment, making appearances on "Meet the Press," "Nightly News with Brian Williams," and contributing to NBC Sports coverage of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Indie film "It Girl" goes to CBS: Greta Gerwig has been the darling of the independent film world, appearing in such hipster-approved projects as "Frances Ha," "Damsels in Distress" and "Greenberg." So it was a bit of a shock to hear that Gerwig has been cast in a proposed "How I Met Your Mother" spinoff for CBS, the least hip (but most highly rated) of networks. As Variety reports, Gerwig will star in the pilot for "How I Met Your Dad," playing "a female Peter Pan who is on the verge of
breaking up with her husband after less than a year of marriage." If the show gets picked up as a series, Variety says, Gerwig is also expected to write for the show.

Whither "White Collar"?: The popular USA network series seems to be in limbo, according to Deadline's Nellie Andreeva. Though that doesn't mean it's in danger of being canceled. Andreeva writes that with Season 5 ending in a cliffhanger, in which the hero Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) was abducted, the series is likely to return. But what's coming next? "I hear the network has been mulling a short
miniseries to wrap the story in the vein of Showtime’s The Big C, while the studio would prefer a traditional final season," Andreeva writes.